Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1887 — “LET US HAVE PEACE.” [ARTICLE]

“LET US HAVE PEACE.”

No War Justifiable Except War on Erroneous Opinion. The great Chieftain who lies buried at Riverside no doubt felt the full force of the prayer: “Let ub have peace.” He had leaned that “Civil war leaves nothing but tombs.” The greatest military heroes have not been those who shed blood for the love of it Wellington said, “Take my word for it, if you had seen but one day of war, you would pray to Almighty God that you might never see 'such a thing again.” The sentiment that war is a“relicof barbarism,” and—as a method of settling international differences—should be shelved with other obsolete relics of darker ages, is a growing one. The idea of arbitration is more befitting modem civilization. But it is recognized that the sentiment “Let us have peace” must be given a broader meaning if its full benefit is to be realized. We see the catholicity which tno trend of modern thought develops in the efforts for the union of the churches, the- striking down of the barriers which have been a hindrance to the advancement of the true faith. It is noticeable, too, in the leniency, growing yearly more marked, shown by the medical schools toward each other, limo was when a practitioner of one school willingly, if not gladly, noted the death of a patient of a physician of another school lue “brotherhood of man” ideas of the present day took no root in the medical profession of a'quarter of a century ago. Now, physicians of the highest stand ng admit, and dare publish to the world, their belief in the efficacy of that professional bete noir, the proprietary medicine. The late Dr. J. G. Holland, an educated physician, some years ago wrote in Scribner's Magazine, ot which he was editor: “It is a fact that many of the best proprietary medicines of the day are more successful than many physicians, and most of them were first discovered and used in actual medical practice.” Millions of people all over the globe confirm this statement. The celebrated Dr. R. A Gunn, of the Medical College of New York, in his published book, recommends the use of Warner’s safe cure in cases of bright’s disease, and other kidney disorders, and says he knows the remedy is used by leading physicians. It not only cures kidney disease, but the many other common named diseases which woukl not prevail were the kidneys sound. That great public teacher, Dr. Dio Lewie, had the courage to write to the proprietors of Warner’s safe cure, after a full investigation of its merits, “If I found myself the victim of a serious kidney trouble, I should use your preparations.” The serious nature of kidney disorders is that they are the real cause of nearly all the diseases from which we suffer. If, therefore, the kidneys are kept in health, we shall escape all such diseases. The world is growing more tolerant, as intelligence increases; Grant but voiced the growing sentiment when he prayed “Let us have peace,” and Tennyson builded better than he knew when he wrote:. “Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand years of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace.”